Mice in social conflict show rule-observance behavior enhancing long-term benefit

oleh: Il-Hwan Choe, Junweon Byun, Ko Keun Kim, Sol Park, Isaac Kim, Jaeseung Jeong, Hee-Sup Shin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Resolving conflict in an orderly way is beneficial, but it is unclear whether non-human animals make and observe such rules. Here, authors show that mice spontaneously develop and observe such rules, thereby increasing their total, individual reward as well as the reward equity with other mice.